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Trinidad Tobago, Newsday, Inglês - TTPost: Beware of 'lost parcel' scam
2025-02-22 03:54:16
News Sean Douglas 6 Hrs Ago TTPost National Mail Centre, Golden Grove Road, Piarco. – File photo EVEN as the TT Postal Corporation (TTPost) on February 19 issued a warning about fraudsters running a “lost parcel” scam, as of February 21 internet users continued to be plagued with bogus ads perpetrating this fraud. The fake ad is official-looking and pretends to originate from TTPost. Typically the ad says, “TTPOST Offer of the Year in Trinidad and Tobago. Fill out the survey and buy lost parcels for only 13 TTD! “Don’t miss out! Offer valid for a limited time.” The ad shows large boxes packed with items resembling electronic goods, each box labelled with a price-tag of $13. The fake ad also includes “testimonials” from purported satisfied buyers, claiming to have bought items such as a microwave oven for the modest sum. > One of the so-called testimonials said, “I was...
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Trinidad Tobago, Newsday, Inglês - Attorney demands reinstatement of freed police officers
2025-02-21 16:54:22
News Jada Loutoo 9 Minutes Ago The Hall of Justice, Port of Spain. – File photo The attorney for the five police officers freed of misbehaviour charges in November 2024 because of insufficient evidence demands their reinstatement. Attorney Renuka Rambhajan wrote to the acting Police Commissioner on February 20, calling on him to “immediately take steps to reinstate” them with full salary and benefits in their respective ranks. She also wants an update in seven days. The officers — Jabari McIntyre, Kevin Gomez, Keenan Williams, Evans Mitchell, and Latifah Lezama — were cleared of all charges, yet remain interdicted without justification, according to the attorney. She reminded the five were discharged at a sufficiency hearing before Master De Silva on November 20, 2024. At the hearing, prosecutors conceded that there was insufficient evidence to continue the prosecution, leading to the dismissal of the charges. She said despite their legal victory,...
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Trinidad Tobago, Newsday, Inglês - Carnival Queens shine at Queen's Park Savannah
2025-02-21 06:31:23
Carnival Faith Ayoung 9 Hrs Ago Laura Rampersad presents Queen Nefertiti and African Royals in the category creative topical at the NCC Senior Queen of Carnival competition at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on February 19. – Photo by Faith Ayoung The National Carnival Commission’s Senior Queen of Carnival preliminaries competition kicked off at Carnival City, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on February 19. Newsday photographer Faith Ayoung was present and captured these images of the colourful and creative queen costumes on display. Rosemary Parris displays Ocean Beauty in the category creative tropical to the judges and audience for the NCC Senior Queen of Carnival competition at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on February 19. – Photo by Faith Ayoung Rana Kandoo shows off her costume Maiya- Goddess of Creation in the category original at the NCC Senior Queen of Carnival competition at the Queen’s...
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Trinidad Tobago, Newsday, Inglês - Calling out racism not racism
2025-02-20 17:44:08
Letters to the Editor Newsday 2 Hrs Ago Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar, centre, celebrates with her constituency office in Penal. THE EDITOR: The vast majority of what Lloyd Best called the “validating elites,” except one or two more perceptive ones, have quite erroneously criticised Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar for calling out the decades-long, foundational PNM strategy of racial and religious demonisation and “otherisation” of the UNC to get votes. The situation is very similar to those Afro-Americans, particularly in the civil rights era, who were called “racist” for calling out racism in the US. The mainstream preferred to live under the illusion that racism did not exist or was not as big a problem as it was being made out to be. They demonised people who exposed the ugly racism of the society. In TT, the mainstream media, for whatever reason, has always given a pass to the PNM’s racial...
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Trinidad Tobago, Newsday, Inglês - A rejected but respected party
2025-02-20 07:44:45
Commentary Newsday 19 Minutes Ago – It is unfortunate we often dismiss the significance of small political parties. These entities do not win elections, but their leadership and membership comprise civic-minded and respected patriots. Almost 60 years ago, in August 1965, CLR James and Stephen Maharaj formed the Workers and Farmers Party (WFP). Its headquarters was on Ariapita Avenue in Woodbrook, Port of Spain. The WFP was formally launched in October 1965 and James was the founder and editor of the party’s newspaper – We The People. The cartoonist for this publication was John Humphrey. And many years later, Humphrey, in his autobiography, recalled, “That association with CLR brought me into the movement of the Workers and Farmers Party (WFP), that’s where I met Basdeo Panday.” Among the aims of the constitution of the WFP was to end “all traces of racial discrimination and racial superiority” and to better manage...
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Trinidad Tobago, Newsday, Inglês - Kambule play brings Carnival history to life in San Fernando
2025-02-19 23:21:49
News Laurel V Williams 3 Hrs Ago Pierrot Grenades on stage at the Kambule production which was performed at the Creative Arts Centre San Fernando. – Photo by Lincoln Holder The Creative Arts Centre in San Fernando was transformed into a vibrant spectacle of colours, live music and action for Kambule the Carnival Play 2025, showcasing African culture, spirituality and traditions embedded in TT’s Carnival celebrations. The play was a condensed version of the re-enactment of the1881 Canboulay Riots, which is held annually before dawn on Carnival Friday at Piccadilly Greens in Port of Spain. Several students attended the event, which started around 9. 30 am on February 19. They gained insight into Canboulay — French for burnt cane — and the resistance of enslaved Africans against colonial authorities. In the colonial era, authorities tried to suppress the enslaved Africans’ drumming and other cultural expressions, which later evolved into today’s...
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Trinidad Tobago, Newsday, Inglês - Squeezy Rankin wins Young Kings calypso crown
2025-02-19 15:31:39
Carnival Melissa Doughty 2 Hrs Ago Anthony “Squeezy Rankin” La Fleur. – Photo by Stephon Nicholas Squeezy Rankin is the 2025 Young Kings champion. The calypsonian, Anthony La Fleur, triumphed over 17 other contestants to earn the title. He won performing his popular single, Justice, whose message has resonated with the public. He even offered a solution at the competition on February 18, telling parents to teach their children values so he would not have to sing the song. It deals with how mothers respond when their “good sons,” believed to be criminals, are killed. > The event was held at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, and is annually organised by the National Action Cultural Committee.
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Trinidad Tobago, Newsday, Inglês - Katzenjammers captain confident of Panorama hat-trick
2025-02-19 00:29:45
Tobago Corey Connelly 3 Hrs Ago Katzenjammers Steel Orchestra performs on February 16 in the Panorama medium-band semis at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain. – THA Katzenjammers Steel Orchestra captain Maxson Ramsey is confident the band will secure a hat-trick in the national Panorama medium-band final on February 23 at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet, Tobago. The Black Rock outfit will come up against nine other bands in the final. Katzenjammers, two-time defending champions, placed first in the semi-finals of the competition on February 16 at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain. They were also first in the preliminaries. Another Tobago medium band, Carib Dixieland, came sixth in the semis. Katzenjammers, which scored 276 points, played the Mighty Sparrow’s (Slinger Francisco’s) Lying Excuses. It was arranged by Kersh Ramsey. > Asked how he felt about the band’s placing heading into the weekend’s competition, Maxson Ramsey said, “It...
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Trinidad Tobago, Newsday, Inglês - Brasso Police Station lessons - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
2025-02-18 09:49:20
Editorial Newsday 4 Hrs Ago MORE THAN four years after the Brasso Police Station was “repurposed” as part of a nationwide police plan to transition to “21st-century policing,” Tabaquite residents have concluded the experiment has been a complete failure. They are correct. And it would now seem they are not alone in their assessment. Acting top cop Junior Benjamin’s announcement that the station will be reopened soon is a welcome acknowledgement of the need to return to the status quo. We hold him to his word. This entire affair should teach us several lessons. On November 11, 2020, the TTPS announced the shuttering of the station and said residents would instead be “serviced” by the Gran Couva Police Station. The repurposed building was initially earmarked for other agencies. Officials believed all this would “facilitate a more efficient use of resources, resulting in an increased police presence and greater investigative capacity...
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Trinidad Tobago, Newsday, Inglês - St Ann's Hospital escapee still missing
2025-02-17 21:23:41
News Joey Bartlett 16 Minutes Ago St Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital. – File photo POLICE are still searching for one of two patients who escaped from the Forensic Ward at St Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital on February 12. The men, identified in a police media release posted on Facebook, were Eversion Hazelwood, 40, and Joshua Garraway, 33. A source close to the investigation said Hazelwood, who is charged with murder, was recaptured on February 13. Garraway, who is charged with robbery with violence, is still on the run. The release said around 5.30 am, routine checks revealed the men were missing from the ward. > A statement from the North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) on February 12 confirmed both patients had left without authorisation. When staff realised the patients were missing, they contacted the police. The statement said the NWRHA is “fully co-operating with law enforcement authorities in their ongoing efforts...
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